The Little House, a charming and poignant picture book by Virginia Lee Burton, tells the story of a cute country cottage that becomes engulfed by the city that grows up around it. The house, with its expressive face of windows and doors, even has the feelings of a person.

As the city surrounds her with its dirty, noisy hustle and bustle, the house becomes sad: "She missed the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight."

Fortunately, there's a happy ending as the house is taken back to the country where she truly belongs.